Matthew 22:3
And sent foorth his seruants, to call them that were bidde to the wedding, but they woulde not come.
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- 1 Sam 9:13 : 13 When ye shall come into the citie, ye shall finde him straightway yet he come vp to the hie place to eate: for the people will not eate vntill he come, because he will blesse the sacrifice: and then eate they that be bidden to the feast: nowe therefore goe vp: for euen now shall ye find him.
- Ps 68:11 : 11 The Lorde gaue matter to the women to tell of the great armie.
- Ps 81:10-12 : 10 For I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide and I will fill it. 11 But my people would not heare my voyce, and Israel would none of me. 12 So I gaue them vp vnto the hardnes of their heart, & they haue walked in their owne cousels.
- Prov 1:24-32 : 24 Because I haue called, & ye refused: I haue stretched out mine hand, & none woulde regarde. 25 But ye haue despised all my counsell, and would none of my correction. 26 I will also laugh at your destruction, and mocke, when your feare commeth. 27 Whe your feare cometh like sudden desolation, & your destruction shall come like a whirle wind: whe affliction & anguish shal come vpo you, 28 Then shall they call vpon me, but I will not answere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me, 29 Because they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the feare of the Lord. 30 They would none of my counsell, but despised all my correction. 31 Therefore shal they eate of ye fruite of their owne way, and be filled with their owne deuises. 32 For ease slaieth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.
- Prov 9:1-3 : 1 Wisedome hath built her house, and hewen out her seuen pillars. 2 She hath killed her vitailes, drawen her wine, and prepared her table. 3 She hath sent forth her maydens and cryeth vpon the highest places of the citie, saying,
- Isa 30:15 : 15 For thus sayd the Lorde God, the Holy one of Israel, In rest and quietnes shall ye be saued: in quietnes and in confidence shall be your strength, but ye would not.
- Isa 55:1-2 : 1 Ho, euery one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and ye that haue no siluer, come, bye and eate: come, I say, bye wine and milke without siluer and without money. 2 Wherefore doe ye lay out siluer and not for bread? and your labour without being satisfied? hearken diligently vnto me, and eate that which is good, and let your soule delite in fatnes.
- Jer 6:16-17 : 16 Thus sayeth the Lord, Stande in the waies and beholde, and aske for the olde way, which is the good way and walke therein, and yee shall finde rest for your soules: but they saide, We will not walke therein. 17 Also I set watchmen ouer you, which said, Take heede to the sound of the trumpet: but they said, We will not take heede.
- Jer 25:4 : 4 And the Lord hath sent vnto you all his seruantes the Prophets, rising early & sending them, but yee would not heare, nor encline your eares to obey.
- Jer 35:15 : 15 I haue sent also vnto you all my seruants the Prophetes, rising vp earely, and sending, them, saying, Returne nowe euery man from his euill way, and amende your workes, and goe not after other gods to serue them, and ye shall dwel in the lande which I haue giuen vnto you, and to your fathers, but ye would not encline your eare, nor obey mee.
- Hos 11:2 : 2 They called them, but they went thus from them: they sacrificed vnto Baalim, and burnt incense to images.
- Hos 11:7 : 7 And my people are bent to rebellion against me: though they called them to the most hie, yet none at all would exalt him.
- Zeph 1:7 : 7 Be stil at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, and hath sanctified his ghests.
- Matt 3:2 : 2 And said, Repent: for the kingdome of heauen is at hand.
- Matt 10:6-7 : 6 But goe rather to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel. 7 And as ye goe, preach, saying, The kingdome of heauen is at hand.
- Matt 21:34 : 34 And when the time of the fruite drewe neere, hee sent his seruants to the husbandmen to receiue the fruites thereof.
- Matt 23:37 : 37 Hierusalem, Hierusalem, which killest the Prophets, and stonest them which are sent to thee, how often would I haue gathered thy children together, as the henne gathereth her chickins vnder her wings, and ye would not!
- Mark 6:7-9 : 7 And he called vnto him the twelue, and began to send them forth two and two, and gaue them power ouer vncleane spirits, 8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for their iourney, saue a staffe onely: neither scrip, neither bread, neither money in their girdles: 9 But that they should be shod with sandals, & that they should not put on two coates. 10 And he sayd vnto them, Wheresoeuer ye shall enter into an house, there abide till ye depart thence. 11 And whosoeuer shall not receiue you, nor heare you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust that is vnder your feete, for a witnes vnto them. Verely I say vnto you, It shalbe easier for Sodom, or Gomorrha at the day of iudgement, then for that citie.
- Luke 9:1-6 : 1 Then called hee his twelue disciples together, and gaue them power and authoritie ouer all deuils, and to heale diseases. 2 And hee sent them foorth to preach the kingdome of God, and to cure the sicke. 3 And he sayd to them, Take nothing to your iourney, neither staues, nor scrip, neither bread, nor siluer, neither haue two coates apiece. 4 And whatsoeuer house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart. 5 And howe many so euer will not receiue you, when ye goe out of that citie, shake off the very dust from your feete for a testimonie against them. 6 And they went out, & went through euery towne preaching the Gospel, and healing euery where.
- Luke 13:34 : 34 O Hierusalem, Hierusalem, which killest the Prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, howe often would I haue gathered thy children together, as the henne gathereth her brood vnder her wings, and ye would not!
- Luke 14:15-17 : 15 Nowe when one of them that sate at table, heard these things, he said vnto him, Blessed is he that eateth bread in the kingdome of God. 16 Then saide he to him, A certaine man made a great supper, and bade many, 17 And sent his seruant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come: for all things are nowe readie.
- Luke 15:28 : 28 Then he was angry, and would not goe in: therefore came his father out and entreated him.
- Luke 19:27 : 27 Moreouer, those mine enemies, which would not that I should reigne ouer them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
- John 5:40 : 40 But ye will not come to me, that ye might haue life.
- Acts 13:45 : 45 But when the Iewes saw the people, they were full of enuie, and spake against those things, which were spoken of Paul, contrarying them, and railing on them.
- Rom 10:21 : 21 And vnto Israel hee sayth, All the day long haue I stretched foorth mine hand vnto a disobedient, and gainesaying people.
- Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye despise not him that speaketh: for if they escaped not which refused him, that spake on earth: much more shall we not escape, if we turne away from him, that speaketh fro heauen.
- Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come; let him that heareth, say, Come: and let him that is a thirst, come: and let whosoeuer will, take of the water of life freely.
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- Matt 22:4-1411 verses90%
4 Againe hee sent foorth other seruants, saying. Tell them which are bidden, Beholde, I haue prepared my dinner: mine oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all thinges are readie: come vnto the mariage.
5 But they made light of it, and went their wayes, one to his farme, and another about his marchandise.
6 And the remnant tooke his seruants, and intreated them sharpely, and slewe them.
7 But when the King heard it, he was wroth, and sent foorth his warriers, and destroyed those murtherers, and burnt vp their citie.
8 Then saide hee to his seruants, Truly the wedding is prepared: but they which were bidden, were not worthy.
9 Go ye therefore out into the high wayes, and as many as ye finde, bid them to the mariage.
10 So those seruantes went out into the hie wayes, and gathered together all that euer they found, both good and bad: so the wedding was furnished with ghestes.
11 Then the King came in, to see the ghestes, and sawe there a man which had not on a wedding garment.
12 And he sayd vnto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, and hast not on a wedding garment? And he was speachlesse.
13 Then sayd the King to the seruants, Binde him hand and foote: take him away, and cast him into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but fewe chosen.
- Matt 22:1-22 verses85%
1 Then Iesus answered, and spake vnto them againe in parables, saying,
2 The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine King which maried his sonne,
- Luke 14:16-183 verses82%
16 Then saide he to him, A certaine man made a great supper, and bade many,
17 And sent his seruant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come: for all things are nowe readie.
18 But they all with one mind beganne to make excuse: The first saide vnto him, I haue bought a farme, and I must needes goe out and see it: I pray thee, haue me excused.
- Luke 14:20-245 verses79%
20 And another said, I haue maried a wife, and therefore I can not come.
21 So that seruaunt returned, and shewed his master these thinges. Then was the good man of the house angrie, and said to his seruant, Goe out quickely into the streetes and lanes of the citie, and bring in hither the poore, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blinde.
22 And the seruaunt saide, Lorde, it is done as thou hast commaunded, and yet there is roome.
23 Then the master sayd to the seruaunt, Goe out into the hie wayes, and hedges, and compell them to come in, that mine house may bee filled.
24 For I say vnto you, that none of those men which were bidden, shall taste of my supper.
- Luke 14:7-82 verses78%
7 He spake also a parable to the ghestes, when he marked howe they chose out the chiefe roomes, and said vnto them,
8 When thou shalt be bidden of any man to a wedding, set not thy selfe downe in the chiefest place, lest a more honourable man then thou, be bidden of him,
- Matt 25:10-112 verses76%
10 And while they went to bye, the bridegrome came: and they that were readie, went in with him to the wedding, and the gate was shut.
11 Afterwards came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to vs.
- Matt 21:33-375 verses75%
33 Heare another parable, There was a certaine housholder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, & made a winepresse therein, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange countrey.
34 And when the time of the fruite drewe neere, hee sent his seruants to the husbandmen to receiue the fruites thereof.
35 And ye husbandmen tooke his seruants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
36 Againe hee sent other seruants, moe then the first: and they did the like vnto them.
37 But last of all he sent vnto them his owne sonne, saying, They will reuerence my sonne.
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23 Thereefore is the kingdome of heauen likened vnto a certaine King, which would take an account of his seruants.
- Luke 20:10-123 verses74%
10 And at the time conuenient he sent a seruant to the husbandmen, that they should giue him of the fruite of the vineyard: but the husbandmen did beate him, & sent him away emptie.
11 Againe he sent yet another seruant: and they did beate him, and foule entreated him, and sent him away emptie.
12 Moreouer he sent the third, and him they wounded, and cast out.
- Mark 12:1-33 verses74%
1 And he began to speake vnto them in parables, A certaine man planted a vineyard, and copassed it with an hedge, & digged a pit for the winepresse, and built a tower in it, & let it out to husbandmen, & went into a strange countrey.
2 And at the time, he sent to the husbandmen a seruant, that he might receiue of the husbandmen of the fruite of the vineyard.
3 But they tooke him, and beat him, & sent him away emptie.
- Matt 21:29-302 verses73%
29 But he answered, and said, I will not: yet afterward he repented himselfe, and went.
30 Then came he to the second, and said likewise; he answered, and said, I will, Syr: yet he went not.
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14 For the kingdome of heauen is as a man that going into a strange countrey, called his seruants, and deliuered to them his goods.
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30 Cast therefore that vnprofitable seruant into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weeping and gnasshing of teeth.
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1 For the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine, housholder, which went out at the dawning of the day to hire labourers into his vineyarde.
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1 Then ye kingdome of heauen shalbe likened vnto tenne virgins, which tooke their lampes, and went foorth to meete the bridegrome.
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6 And at midnight there was a crie made, Behold, the bridegrome commeth: goe out to meete him.
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28 Then he was angry, and would not goe in: therefore came his father out and entreated him.
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22 Then the father said to his seruaunts, Bring foorth the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feete,
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37 Blessed are those seruants, whom the Lord when he commeth shall finde waking: verely I say vnto you, he will girde himselfe about, and make them to sit downe at table, and will come forth, and serue them.
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16 He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and wil giue out his vineyard to others. But when they heard it, they sayd, God forbid.
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12 Then said he also to him that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friendes, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsemen, nor ye riche neighbours, lest they also bid thee againe, & a recompence be made thee.
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12 He saide therefore, A certaine noble man went into a farre countrey, to receiue for himselfe a kingdome, and so to come againe.